Chris is Associate Director and Adjunct Associate Professor of Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and serves as faculty advisor for the Wharton Leadership Ventures Undergraduate Advisory Board.  He has trekked through the Everest region of Nepal, hiked in Chilean Patagonia, and has climbed five of the major peaks in the Teton Range of Wyoming.  Chris completed the National Outdoor Leadership School’s Pacific Northwest Trip Leader Program in 2002.

Chris came to teaching after twenty years in health care management. He has been instrumental in helping Aerial Boundaries develop its leadership program, and he offers executive coaching as part of our programs. 

Dr. Maxwell holds the following degrees:

Master of Governmental Administration (Univ. of Pennsylvania) 1987

Master of Applied Positive Psychology (Univ. of Pennsylvania)2009

PhD (Penn State), 1997 [Organization Theory, Public Management, Health Policy]